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Perfection.

Just use the "quick add" feature and add your meals in quickly and just ballpark. This will give you a general idea of your caloric intake and then you can decide if you have a deficit. Unless you are eating a ridiculous amount of food, chances are that you have a deficit. Seven hours of exercise per week is ALOT! Just…

Correct. Muscle definition is attained through lowering your body fat %. Lift heavy to help maintain the muscle you have now so you will look better during the fat loss process and when you are at your goal. If your TDEE is ~2400, then 1900 would be a great calorie goal (do NOT eat back exercise calories).

You won't win any powerlifting competitions with bodyweight exercises, but that's not your goal. You CAN build an incredibly strong and incredibly beautiful body via bodyweight (and diet of course). Have you watched many "bar calisthenics" on youtube? How about high level gymnasts? Ask a guy at he gym who is overhead…

Find something you like. Lifting does not have to be dumbbell curls, etc. Check out Turkish Get Ups. Check out Convict Conditioning bodyweight ebook. Check out kettlebell workouts. Check out Fi Silk. She is one incredibly bad woman!!! And has achieved her strength and physique with bodyweight training and very limited…

Love it! Way to go Adam. So proud of you, friend. :drinker:

I'm on maintenance so I eat my TDEE of 2,600 per day. Train strength 3x per week, walk about 10-12k steps through daily living.

What is your daily calorie goal? What is your weekly weight loss goal? It could be that your goal is too aggressive and you should lower your weekly goal to 1 pound or .5 pounds. Also, are you tracking and eating back exercise calories? MFP is set up where you are SUPPOSED to eat back your exercise calories. From what I…

Yep. :flowerforyou:

It is likely that he created a deficit by drinking beet juice rather than eating his normal breakfast. At any rate, 25 pounds in 2 months is not healthy. Eat food. Have a slight to moderate deficit based on how much you have to lose. Move your feet. Lift heavy things. Make it last, make a lifestyle. There is nothing magic,…

I maintain on 2600 per day. I feel like I'm being punished if I only eat 2,200. And I'm a woman!! :laugh: That is all.

It's nothing for me to eat 1/2 pizza or a stack of 7 pancakes or two cheeseburgers (homemade 1/3 lb each) or 8oz cooked chicken on six cups of lettuce (a whole bag mix) and I have room to spare. My meals are calorie dense and physically huge, especially my dinners. I love to eat and I love to eat alot! No history of eating…

Recomp via eating at TDEE/Maintenance and lifting heavy. Reduce or eliminate long cardio sessions (unless you just LOVE doing it) and do HIIT.

Have you ever cheated on anything or anyone and felt good about it afterwards. NOTHING good is associated (that I can think of immediately anyway) with the word "cheat." Get that word, that mentality out of your head, get rid of any negative associations with food so you don't have "bad" foods and you won't have to…

I have 1,584 calories......... left today........ for dinner (it's currently 6:23pm)!!

Mine is currently 2400-2500. It took time, tracking and trusting science (who's a special snowflake? not me!) that I needed to increase calorie and eat more. I got a FitBit Flex to help me get over the fear of food. Seeing how much I actually burn every day takes the guess work out if. Actually, FB underestimates my burns…

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Ditch the long, slow, steady cardio. Do HIIT. Lift weights. http://www.builtlean.com/2010/06/04/high-intensity-interval-training-hiit-best-cardio-to-burn-fat/ ETA: Long, steady cardio may have its place in your fitness program....especially if you enjoy it. Are you training for endurance or cardiovascular health? A race?…

There are many, many reasons why setting your deficit to 2 pounds per week is a bad idea. Suggested reading: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/975025-in-place-of-a-road-map-short-n-sweet . Eat more food. Lose MORE fat. Be happier.

Short answer: Pepsi One/Max/Diet is fine to drink if you want to drink it. It will not affect weight loss. Calorie deficit = weight loss. Cereal should be fine. Unless you eat, like, two whole boxes, chances are that you deficit from the week will not be undone. Log it. No big deal. It will be beneficial for you to know…

There are literally thousands of different strength programs out there. There is no one right, cookie cutter answer for you here. Kudos for looking into lifting, it will be wonderful for your mind and body. But it will take effort......that effort starts now with either taking the time to research different programs or…

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She's 1.25' taller than me and 11 years younger and my maintenance is 2600 calories. OP, PM me if you want some non-forum help figuring out your numbers. This is a great resource for help: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/975025-in-place-of-a-road-map-short-n-sweet . Check out the "roadmap" or IPOARM and you can…

Mayra, we're all now taking about usmcmp's incredible back!! :SMILE:

Got it! I was just curious because there are some hormonal things to be cautious of if you combine IF (shortened eating window) with fast days like 5:2 or ESE.

Are you doing some other form of fasting? Intermittent Fasting (IF) does not typically have very low calorie days. ESE, maybe? This is a great resource on IF if you'd like the specifics: http://www.leangains.com/2010/04/leangains-guide.html. :flowerforyou:

This is AWESOME!! Much more definition, no more mass. It's all about the body fat folks! Do you have a back flexing picture at 25% BF, too? I would love to see the flexing comparisons. You have a gorgeous back, by the way. And arms. And shoulders!

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